18 Jun 2024

Truck rolls, delays on SH2 near Wairoa

11:29 am on 18 June 2024
There have been four forestry deaths this year.

The accident happened just after 7am Tuesday at Whakaki (file photo). Photo: 123RF

One lane of State Highway 2 at Whakaki, north of Wairoa, is now open after a logging truck rolled just after 7am.

The accident happened just after 7am Tuesday at Whakaki, NZ Transport Agency / Waka Kotahi said.

Logs were "strewn across the highway".

Stop/go traffic management is in place with a temporary lower speed in place, while the logs are cleared from the road.

Road users should expect delays while the backlog of traffic is cleared.

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